Regarding distributors, I picked up a Richporter distributor about a month ago and it has been great. I ordered it off Amazon. It came with a new TFI as well, so all I had to do was pretty add a little lube to the gear and drop it in.

 

Sounds like the way to go w/ a Dist. mount TFI set up. All your business is handled w/ a quick swap out & you know components are matched.

How much?

 

It was about $65-$68. Very good deal since it was all new and they said the TFI was good up to 300+ degrees.

 

That's why they went to the remote TFI's not long after your year. Those puppy's bake sitting on top of the engine. Can't do anything about the PIP(stator) location though.

But this is another reason why Dist. mounted TFI/PIP's should be swapped out at the same time & remote mount TFI's can & are dealt w/ individually from the PIP as far as their anticipated lifespans.

 

Yep and the reason I bought it was my truck heated up passed it's normal range due to the a/c compressor and it started missing. Once I installed the new distributor, it ran fine. Once I saw that the TFI was built to resist the "bake" I was sold and I'm very impressed with it. No complaints at all and wish I would've done it earlier!

Also, here's the link to the mfr's site for anyone curious about it: http://www.richporter.ca/

 

Ok it's a five speed

 

jUST LOOKED ON THE SIDE OF THE DISTRIBUTOR, AND LITTLE GRAY BOX LOOKS NEW. i HAVE ALSO FOUND THAT IF KEEP THE RPM'S BETWEEN 1500 AND 2000 AT "IDLE" i DON'T HAVE THE PROBLEM, BUT IT IS STILL EVIDENT. iN OTHER WORDS, i DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT SUDDENLY DIEING ON ME AT STOP SIGNS IF i DO THIS. If this makes sense to you guys, it seems that something is telling it to keep pumping fuel at idle, and when it gets too much it just floods itself out, but I can't understand why it doesn't act like this in cool weather too.

 

WTF? Edited.

 

IAC was replaced too

 

What were the codes?